[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR535.216]

[Page 654-655]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 535_IRANIAN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Prohibitions
 
Sec. 535.216  Prohibition against prosecution of certain claims.

    (a) Persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are 
prohibited from prosecuting in any court within the United States or 
elsewhere, whether or not litigation was commenced before or after 
January 19, 1981, any claim against the Government of Iran arising out 
of events occurring before January 19, 1981 relating to:
    (1) The seizure of the hostages on November 4, 1979;
    (2) The subsequent detention of such hostages;
    (3) Injury to United States property or property of United States 
nationals within the United States Embassy compound in Tehran after 
November 3, 1979; or
    (4) Injury to United States nationals or their property as a result 
of popular movements in the course of the Islamic Revolution in Iran 
which were not an act of the Government of Iran.
    (b) Any persons who are not United States nationals are prohibited 
from prosecuting any claim described in paragraph (a) of this section in 
any court within the United States.

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    (c) No further action, measure or process shall be taken after the 
effective date of this section in any judicial proceeding instituted 
before the effective date of this section which is based upon any claim 
described in paragraph (a) of this section, and all such proceedings 
shall be terminated.
    (d) No judicial order issued in the course of the proceedings 
described in paragraph (c) of this section shall be enforced in any way.

(Secs. 201-207, 91 Stat. 1626, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706; E.O. 12170, 44 FR 
65729; E.O. 12205, 45 FR 24099; E.O. 12211, 45 FR 26685; E.O. 12276, 46 
FR 7913; E.O. 12279, 46 FR 7919; E.O. 12280, 46 FR 7921; E.O. 12281, 46 
FR 7923; E.O. 12282, 46 FR 7925; E.O. 12283, 46 FR 7927, and E.O. 12294, 
46 FR 14111)

[46 FR 14334, Feb. 26, 1981]